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Affordable return coach travel from Portsmouth to Central London
When: Saturday 18th January
Where: Various pick-up points in the city
Tickets: ppsc.uk/bus
We will be joining Portsmouth & South Downs Palestine Solidarity Campaign at the first national demonstration for Palestine in 2025. We will march through London once again to demand:
Itβs vital we continue to take to the streets in huge numbers to demand an end to British complicity in Israelβs genocide and apartheid, including through an end to all arms trade with Israel.
Details of coach here - tickets from Β£10 return: ppsc.uk/bus
A cinema in Portsmouth will offer a unique opportunity to see all three βBig Lieβ documentaries from Platform Films in January.
The films, which are being screened by the Southsea Cinema and Arts Centre, highlight the critical importance Palestine has played in British politics in recent years.
These are Oh Jeremy Corbyn: The Big Lie, Big Lie 2: Starmer and the Genocide, and the latest of them, Big Lie 3: Censoring Palestine.
Director Chris Reeves says:
βTogether the films tell a story of a rotten and corrupt British establishment which is conspiring with Israel and the US to exterminate the innocent people of Palestine. It is a truly terrifying picture.β
Each of the films will be screened twice in January. Screening dates and times as follows.
(Click on the π links to book tickets for that performance.)
Southsea Community Cinema & Arts Centre
1-3 Palmerston Road
Southsea, PO5 3QQ
Phone : 07854 700 126
southseacinema.co.uk
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A procession through the city with a symbolic kilometre-long Red Line
When: Sunday 26th January 12.30pm - 2pm
Where: Assemble outside Fratton station, Selbourne Terrace, P01 5AL
Info: ppsc.uk/red
Seven months into Israel's devastating attack on Gaza, US President Joe Biden drew a metaphorical 'red line', saying that Washington would not provide bombs or artillery shells for an invasion of Rafah. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak also declared a Rafah invasion to be a 'red line'.
But the Israelis did invade Rafah.
Indeed, they went much further, invading and wreaking destruction and mass slaughter across the whole of the Gaza Strip. And, far from halting arms exports as promised, the US and UK governments rewarded Israel for this with millions more in military aid and weapons shipments.
Our leaders lied. They had no 'red lines' for Israel. To the contrary, they gave them 'carte blanche' to continue the genocide.
But there are red lines. Our red lines. The people's red lines.
We say that destroying hospitals is a red line. Destroying schools is a red line. Torturing prisoners is a red line. Killing journalists, doctors, babies, elderly people, the sick - these are all red lines.
In the past fourteen months Israel has crossed every single one of those lines multiple times in Gaza, and now also in the West Bank and in Lebanon.It's a disgrace. Our government must heed the people they pretend to serve, they must stop arming Israel and they must take action to halt the genocide.
To symbolize this and get our message heard, we need your help on Sunday 26th January as we carry a literal kilometre-long red line through the streets of Portsmouth. Everyone can play their part, children included.
The Red Line has already been carried through Bournemouth, Brighton and Bristol, so let's prove that it's not only cities beginning with 'B' that care about Palestine!
Be part of the People's Red Line. Show the world that Pompey Stands With Palestine!
Watch the Red Line snake through Bristol at https://youtu.be/7wzTI51qf64
Affordable return coach travel from Portsmouth to Central London
When: Saturday 1st February
Where: Various pick-up points in the city
Tickets: bit.ly/SUTRFEB
Jailed fascist Tommy Robinson has called on his supporters to rally in London to demand his release. We urge you to join with Portsmouth Stand Up To Racism at the counter-protest and say NO to those who want to divide us.
Tell your friends and share with groups! We need a huge turnout to show these fascists they are not welcome on Britain's streets.
Coach transport from Portsmouth is from only FIVE POUNDS RETURN thanks to donations from local union branches - including us.
Details here: bit.ly/SUTRFEB
Unite Community is the union for the unwaged.
It brings together the unemployed, retired people, disabled, carers and students and provides organization and resources to enable us to campaign together on issues that matter to us.
Unite Community is a sector of Unite The Union, so we have the backing of Britain & Irelands largest Trade Union, with over a million members.
The Portsmouth & District branch covers the whole PO postcode area, which includes Fareham, Gosport, Portsmouth, Havant, Chichester, Bognor Regis, and the Isle of Wight.
We regularly get involved with campaigning on matters such as:
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